Endangered Languages Project - Mulam

Mulam

^{[aka Mulao, Molao, Mulou]}

Classification: Tai-Kadai

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Mulao, Molao, Mulou, Muliao, Mulao Miao, Abo, 仫佬語
CLASSIFICATION		Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Lakkia-Kam-Sui, Kam-Sui
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mlm
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Do not confuse Mulam 仫佬語 [mlm] with Mulao 木佬語 [giu].

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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
207,352

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: One of China’s 55 recognised nationalities; distinct from the Kadai group Mulao, written with a different first character, but a few Kadai Mulao speakers have been included in the Mulam/Mulao nationality.

PLACES: Guangxi Province, China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mainly Luocheng County, north central Guangxi Province

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
55,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
86,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
210,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Fewer than 10,000 monolinguals (including women and preschool children)." Data for the number of native speakers comes from Guangxi Language and Orthography Use Situation (2005). Data for the ethnic population is from the 2000 census.

PLACES: China;

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press